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ePublishingResources Rita Oates Internet at School 2010
ePublishingResources Rita Oates Internet at School 2010
Student engagement
Collaboration
Multiple tools
Web 0.0-> Web 1.0->
Web 2.0
Web 0.0: search for information in a
printed book
Web 1.0: search for information
online
Web 2.0: create and contribute
information, collaborate and interact
Sometimes….things are
mixed!
60th Anniversary of Declaration
of Human Rights
Student viewpoints shared on
ePals…web 2.0
National Geographic published
selected student entries
in book by
with some photos:
web 0.0
Platform to engage
students
http://heinle.epals.com
Users of ELL textbook can practice
English with worldwide community of
learners through project-based
learning
“This new generation of prosumers treats the world as a place for creation
learning and interacting means they will treat the world as a stage for
their own innovations…static, immoveable, non editable items will be
anathema, ripe for the dustbins of 20th century history.”
Wikinomics:
How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
by Don Tapscott
The Changing Face of
the Web
How is social networking and Web 2.0 being used in
classrooms?
ePals Global Community http://www.epals.com
Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/
Using Wikis in Education
http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Home
Blogs in Education http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
What are Wikis?
Wikis in Plain English
Free wikis for educational use:
www.pbwiki.com
www.wetpaint.com
www.wikispaces.com
www.epals.com
Blog issues in education
Safe for students
Secure from hackers and disruption
“Walled garden”
Who can view? Who can comment?
Permissions levels allow teacher flexibility
Sufficient storage and filesharing capability
Dallas ISD implementing ePals blogs as first
one safe for educational use in their district
Widgets
Small code to paste onto website and more
Ask ePals at www.epals.com as example of
educational questions being answered worldwide
Users ask questions, volunteer answers
Other users rate answers
People who answer questions are rated and ranked
SchoolTube
Scribd.com
Online Photo Sharing
Online Photo Sharing in Plain English.
Flickr
Webshots
Photobucket
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Del.icio.us
Webshots
Photobucket
New forms combining “all
of the above” in one
location
Content/Course management
systems (CMS)
Learning management systems
(LMS)
ePals LearningSpace, virtual
workspace designed for K12
What are you doing with
ePublishing?
Audience invited to share ideas and
thoughts!
Further information